The University of Evansville is proud to announce that North Oldham High School alum Brandon Causey was honored at the Heritage Federal Credit Union Student-Athlete Academic Honors Breakfast on Sept. 27 in UE’s Eykamp Hall.

At the event, the University of Evansville was announced as the recipient of the 2011-12 Missouri Valley Conference All-Academic Award, given to the school whose student-athletes post the highest cumulative GPA.

Raven Byars, a South Oldham High School junior, and her Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Diane Poe, recently returned from the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America Capitol Leadership Training, held Sept. 30- Oct. 3, in Washington, D.C.

As the Kentucky FCCLA vice-president of finance, Byars had the opportunity to participate in the leadership academy program.

This powerful leadership development and certification program focuses on team building, service, professionalism, planning, communication, networking, and ethics.

School board candidates had a chance to speak publicly at a forum last week, ahead of an important November election.

Four of the five board seats are contested this year and many consider it an important time in Oldham County Schools’ history as construction is set to begin on Brownsboro Elementary and the district continues to tap into financial reserves to avoid raising taxes.

Although school board positions are non-partisan, the Oldham County Republican Party hosted a forum for candidates Sept. 25.